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Luna Rose B. @whirligig-girl.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Digital Painting #Art #SpaceArt of #Jupiter as it would have appeared on 1927 October 2nd at 12:40 AM GMT. This is based upon photographs taken by W.H. Wright using the Lick Observatory's 36" Great Refractor.

Digital painting of Jupiter. The South Equatorial Belt is missing, and the Great Red Spot is enormous and with a white center. Callisto is visible behind the northern limb, and Europa and its shadow are transiting the south equatorial region.

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Gordan Ugarković @ugordan.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Cassini WAC sequence of 18 frames taken December 29, 2000 spanning just over 2 hours. It shows Jupiter rotating with its Great Red Spot in view and Ganymede orbiting on the planet's far side. Distance: 9.86 million km Phase angle: 53 deg More details at flic.kr/p/acS6sY

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Daniel Machacek @danielmachacek.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Despite radiation and Trump's efforts to kill Juno, our only envoy around Jupiter, this plucky spacecraft still works and is taking images. Here are three examples taken by SRU camera during orbits 77 and 78, showing dark side of Jupiter and its auroras. Credit: NASA/Caltech-JPL/SwRI/D. Machacek.

Black and white image of Jovian Aurora.
This image was taken by SRU camera onboard Juno spacecraft (NASA) on October 17, 2025.

Black and white image of dark side of Jupiter.
This image was taken by SRU camera onboard Juno spacecraft (NASA) on October 17, 2025.

Black and white image of Jovian Aurora.
This image was taken by SRU camera onboard Juno spacecraft (NASA) on November 19, 2025.

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Björn Jónsson @bjornjonsson.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

I have added yet another global map of Jupiter to my website. The new map is an updated version of a map I originally created in 2002 (!). The new version is geometrically more accurate and the color is better. It's available here: bjj.mmedia.is/data/jupiter... A test render created using the map:

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Ted Stryk @tedstryk.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

This Artemis II eclipse is giving me Clementine 1994 vibes with Venus in the background.

The moon in earthshine, the solar corona, and the planet Venus towards the top from the Clementine spacecraft in 1994.

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ESA Space Science @science.esa.int · 25/03/2026

Webb and Hubble join forces to share the most comprehensive view of Saturn to date 🪐 Hubble reveals subtle colour variations across the planet, while Webb senses clouds and chemicals at many different depths in the atmosphere 👉 esawebb.org/news/weic2606 🔭 🧪

Side-by-side comparison of Saturn. Left image is labeled Webb Infrared Light, November 29, 2024. Right image is labeled Hubble Visible Light, August 22, 2024. Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, A. Simon (NASA-GSFC), M. Wong (University of California); Image Processing: J. DePasquale (STScI)

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Nick Stevens @nick-stevens.com · 26/03/2026

Prismatic warp effect done in Lightwave 11.6

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Space Telescope Science Institute @stsci.edu · 26/03/2026

A cosmic first! 🚨 Hubble has spotted a comet that slowed and reversed its spin. Outgassing jets acted like thrusters, literally pushing it into a new rotation, shown here in this science visualization: news.stsci.edu/4c2u6hv

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Simeon Schmauß @stim3on.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

Here is my reprocessed version of the Juice NavCam images of comet 3I/Atlas taken last November shortly after it's closest approach to the sun. 🧪🔭 For this animation I removed the static noise and aligned the images to the nucleus. Credit: ESA/Juice/NavCam Processing: Simeon Schmauß CC-BY-SA

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Matthew Kenworthy @mattkenworthy.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

Delighted to see our WISPIT team announce the second directly imaged exoplanet from the WISPIT 2 system! Led by Chloe Lawlor (Galway) with Richelle van Capelleveen (Leiden), we also have a spectrum of the inner, more massive planet, showing carbon monoxide features. ☄ #exoplanet #astrodon

Composite showing two red dots, representing the exoplanets WISPIT 2b and 2c, embedded in the white ellipses of scattered light.

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Landru79 @landru79.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

#Emirates #Mars Mission 🌈 مسبار الأمل #Mars #Phobos #potato 1 2025-06-04 Orbit: 698 Spacecraft altitude: 20.491 km #EXI 635 546 437 filter Mode xos1 sdc.emiratesmarsmission.ae UAESA/Mohammed bin Rashid Space Centre/j.Roger

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Daniel Pomarède @pomarede.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

NASA Earth Observatory image of the day Cañon Fiord’s Whirling Waters science.nasa.gov/earth/earth-... Credits: images by Lauren Dauphin, using Landsat data from the U.S. Geological Survey. 🧪🔭

$Sediment plumes and fractured sea ice trace swirling eddies in a branch of the Nansen Sound fjord system.$ A zoom on the first image.

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Daniel Machacek @danielmachacek.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

Seasonally recurrent annular cyclone on Mars in processed images from newly released data from the EXI camera system onboard the Hope probe (EMM - Emirates Mars Mission). The images were taken on August 7, 2025 between ~12:30 and 18:10 UTC. Credit: Emirates Mars Mission (EMM)/EXI/D. Machacek.

Two color images of the crescent of Mars with a cyclone near the north polar ice cap at the top of the image. The images were taken on August 7, 2025 at 12:30 and 14:20 UTC.

Two color images of Mars with a cyclone near the north polar ice cap at the top of the image. Also visible in the center of the images are the three large volcanoes of Tharsis Montes and Olympus Mons volcano. The images were taken on August 7, 2025 at 16:18 and 18:10 UTC.

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Björn Jónsson @bjornjonsson.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

Tiff would be ok. What's important is the ability to create a 16 (or 32) bit file. Whether the resulting file is tiff or PNG doesn't matter.

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Björn Jónsson @bjornjonsson.bsky.social · 14/03/2026

(3/3) It seems I might use TCT extensively from now on for color correction. The only drawback I have noticed so far is that apparently it can only produce 8 bit PNG files and not 16 bit PNGs ( @askaniy.bsky.social it would be great if this could be fixed in the future).

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Björn Jónsson @bjornjonsson.bsky.social · 14/03/2026

(2/3) I like the result, the color might be more accurate than earlier. Jupiter appears slightly redder. The left image is linear data. In the right one, a gamma curve has been applied - it should be similar to how the human eye would see the Jupiter (but this is subjective as mentioned earlier).

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Björn Jónsson @bjornjonsson.bsky.social · 14/03/2026

(1/3) Another set of Jupiter test renders from the Voyager 2 map I'm working on. Here I used True Color Tools (TCT) to correct the color. This is a great set of tools by @askaniy.bsky.social to compute realistic colors (see github.com/Askaniy/True... )

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ESA Exploration @exploration.esa.int · 14/03/2026

🚀 10 years ago, our largest and most sophisticated martian explorer left Earth behind. To mark the launch anniversary, here are 5 remarkable things @esa.int's Trace Gas Orbiter (TGO) was made for 🧵👇

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ESA Space Science @science.esa.int · 14/03/2026

🧃 Juice update! 👩‍💻 Science teams are busy analysing the 3I/ATLAS data received from five Juice science instruments ☄️ They're also looking forward to a star occultation by Jupiter’s moon Kallichore on 18 March, which could refine its known position – valuable data for a possible 2031 flyby. 1/2 🔭🧪

Screenshot of the ESA Juice progress bar showing 35% completion rate.

A white, glowing egg-shaped object lies in the centre of the black-and-white image, on a dark, starry background. Glowing streaks spread upwards from the object. In the top left, a yellow arrow marked ‘Sun’ points straight down, and a blue arrow marked ‘Velocity’ points towards the 7 o’clock direction. In the bottom left, an inset shows the same object on a lighter grey starry background, filled with ragged-edged, concentric egg shapes gradiented black-to-white.

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Justinas Vitkus @justinasvitkus.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

Recent painting of a couple of exomoons. #SciArt #spaceart #astronomy #Exoplanets

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Björn Jónsson @bjornjonsson.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

(4/4) An interesting way to view this simulated image is to view it in darkness (turn off all lights) several meters away from the computer monitor. Also put a hand close to one eye and use it to create a 'cylinder'. This can be remarkably similar to viewing Jupiter with an astronomical telescope.

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Björn Jónsson @bjornjonsson.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

(3/4) Examples of these various factors include Jupiter's angular size, how dark adapted the eye is and whether Jupiter is totally surrounded by black space or if there is some object in the foreground.

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Björn Jónsson @bjornjonsson.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

(2/4) And this image is a preliminary gamma corrected version intended to simulate Jupiter's appearance through an astronomical telescope. It should be noted that this is highly subjective because how Jupiter would appear to the human visual system at fairly close range depends on various factors.

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Björn Jónsson @bjornjonsson.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

(1/4) Jupiter test renders from Voyager 2 data. The left one is from a map I made years ago. The right one is from a new map I'm working on from the same data. The color is better and will be even better in the final version. But the biggest change is that the new map is geometrically more accurate.

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Kevin M. Gill @kevinmgill.bsky.social · 21/02/2026

Cool views of lunar highland mountains from Apollo 17. Zoom to examine and you can get a good feel for the hight and ruggedness of the terrain. flic.kr/p/2rX149C flic.kr/p/2rX2SFo

An oblique view of mountains on the Moon.

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An oblique view of mountains on the Moon. The horizon is dominated by the darker lunar maria.

NASA/Apollo 17/Kevin M. Gill

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Paul Byrne @theplanetaryguy.com · 09/03/2026

The giant planets of the Solar System, by JWST.

Clockwise, from top left: Jupiter, Saturn, Neptune, and Uranus. None of the worlds is to scale, but all are imaged with JWST's near-infrared (NIRCam) instrument.

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Ted Stryk @tedstryk.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

Pluto and Charon from the approaching New Horizons spacecraft on July 14, 2015.

Charon (upper left) and Pluto (lower right)

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Seán Doran @theseaning.bsky.social · 22/12/2025

'Sea Of Light' Some high quality stills from the short film. Source photography by Zena Cardman on ISS is repaired, remastered & retimed. The 4k UHD video with music by Jesse Gallagher can be viewed here... youtu.be/0Izl-XNE9ZY

Earth's horizon from ISS shows the scene suffused with auroral display of greens, reds, purple & pink against a starry night sky. The Earth below is faintly illuminated with pale green by the aurora above.

Earth's horizon from ISS shows the scene suffused with auroral display of bright greens, reds & purple against a starry night sky. The Earth below is illuminated green by the aurora above.

Earth's horizon from ISS shows the scene suffused with auroral display of bright greens & reds & purple against a starry night sky. We are in the midst of the aurora.

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Björn Jónsson @bjornjonsson.bsky.social · 23/12/2025

It might also be possible to obtain SRU images of Metis but I don't know if the flyby geometry makes this possible.

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Björn Jónsson @bjornjonsson.bsky.social · 23/12/2025

I also didn't expect it to last for nearly as long as it did. And I find it absolutely amazing that the best and highest resolution images of some regions on Ganymede, Europa and Io were obtained by JunoCam.

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Björn Jónsson @bjornjonsson.bsky.social · 22/12/2025

The Deep Space Network has frequently been in contact with the spacecraft over the past several weeks/months (see eyes.nasa.gov/apps/dsn-now/). I'm pretty sure the Juno mission has not ended.

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Deep Space Network Now

The real time status of communications with our deep space explorers

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Björn Jónsson @bjornjonsson.bsky.social · 22/12/2025

As far as I know this is due to problems with the camera.

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Andrea Luck @andrealuck.bsky.social · 21/12/2025

1/n 2 NEW epic images of Phobos over Mars just released by @esa.int Mars Express This view is especially striking, with Phobos between the Tharsis volcanoes and Noctis Labyrinthus–Valles Marineris Full resolution 300MP(!) & info on: flic.kr/p/2rMW4so Credit: ESA/DLR/FUBerlin/AndreaLuck CC BY 🧪🔭

$A wide view of the planet Mars fills the frame, shown as a curved, rust-colored world against black space. The bottom edge fades into darkness, marking the planet’s night side, while the upper portion is brightly lit by sunlight. Near the right side are three large, round volcanic mountains of the Tharsis region, each with a wide circular base and a darker central caldera, resembling shallow craters pressed into the surface. North of these volcanoes, stretching almost vertically across the upper right half of the planet, lies Noctis Labyrinthus and Valles Marineris: an immense system of deep canyons and fractured terrain that appears as pale, branching scars and cracks, partly softened by hazy, cloud-like atmospheric features. Near the center of the image, positioned between the volcanoes and the canyon system, a small dark oval appears against Mars’s surface. This is Phobos, one of Mars’s satellites. Its tiny size stands out sharply against the vast scale of the planet below.$

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Björn Jónsson @bjornjonsson.bsky.social · 22/12/2025

No new JunoCam images have appeared since July but there are many older, spectacular images I still haven't processed. I processed this one recently. This is from the PJ14_21 raw image data obtained on July 16, 2018. Approx true color/contrast and enhanced versions. North is to the upper left.

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Daniel Machacek @danielmachacek.bsky.social · 20/12/2025

Martian moon Phobos from Mars Express' HRSC camera. A color composite of three images taken through ND, GRN, and BL filters. Largest crater with bright splotches is Stickney. North is up. Date: September 19, 2025. Credit: ESA\DLR\FU Berlin\D. Machacek.

Color image of Martian moon Phobos with large crater Stickney near center of the image.

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Andrea Luck @andrealuck.bsky.social · 14/12/2025

3/3 If you’ve been following my work this won’t come as a surprise. I’ve once again updated the family portrait of the Solar System’s giant planets captured in near infrared by JWST Full size+info flic.kr/p/2oUkYSY 🧪🔭 I’ll keep updating it whenever an improved version of these giants is released🙂

The image is divided into four sections, each showing one of the gas giants against a black background.

Top left: Jupiter. It appears as a large, round sphere with horizontal bands in shades of light brown, tan, and white. A bright white oval storm sits on the lower right side. A faint ring is visible alongside Europa, one of its satellites, which appears very bright with a star-shaped artifact.

Top right: Saturn appears as a pale gold/brownish sphere with horizontal bands, encircled by a bright whitish, thin oval ring system. The atmosphere is showing off a few circle whitish storm-like features.

Bottom left: Uranus. It appears as a smooth blue-green sphere with some whitish circular clouds around the pole that is facing the observer. Surrounding it is a bright circular ring system made up of thin white lines. The rings form a bright, symmetrical halo around the planet.

Bottom right: Neptune. It is a blue sphere with slightly brighter and darker circular features on its atmosphere. It also has a thin ring system, dimmer and less defined than Uranus’s in this image, appearing as a faint double oval around the planet.

Each planet has its name printed below it in white capital letters.

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Landru79 @landru79.bsky.social · 17/12/2025

#CASSINI HUYGENS #SATURN MISSION Target Name: #Saturn #Rings Start Time: 2010-05-30 Observed Distance to Ring Intercept (km): 1869511.149 instrument: Cassini #ISS Camera: Narrow Angle 7x Ir1 Grn Uv3 opus.pds-rings.seti.org/holdings/pre... NASA/JPL/j. Roger

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Walter B. Myers @walterbmyers.bsky.social · 07/12/2025

Photorealistic animation of a Carboniferous scene from 320 million years ago featuring Lepidodendron at various stages of growth. Not AI. Created with Blender, Photoshop, & Premiere Pro. #carboniferous #lepidodendron #flora #prehistoric #artadventcalendar vimeo.com/1089774111?f...

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Lepidodendron forest rain

Photorealistic animation of a Carboniferous scene from 320 million years ago featuring Lepidodendron at various stages of growth.. Also featured is Noeggerathia…

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Melina Thévenot🏳️‍⚧️ @melina-iras07572.bsky.social · 07/12/2025

Tried something new. I used WinJUPOS to de-rotate the #JWST #Saturn 🪐 images. Filters (F150W2, F164N) and F212N. Makes the storms and other features better visible.🔭 #astronomy Observation date: 2024-11-29

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Björn Jónsson @bjornjonsson.bsky.social · 07/12/2025

And this is an approximately true color/contrast version of the first image. I processed these images back in December 2015, in time for the Jupiter orbit insertion 20 year anniversary.

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Björn Jónsson @bjornjonsson.bsky.social · 07/12/2025

On this day back in 1995, the Galileo spacecraft performed its Jupiter orbit insertion burn. Due to problems with the tape recorder, no images were taken. However, these images showing the Great Red Spot were obtained on June 26, 1996 during the G1 orbit. The contrast and color has been exaggerated.

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cira-csu.bsky.social @cira-csu.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

Moving clouds slowly reveal sea ice twisting and turning hypnotically off the east coast of Greenland.

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Andrea Luck @andrealuck.bsky.social · 26/10/2025

Fresh JWST view of Uranus taken Oct 6 2025 with NIRCam. Full size & more info: flic.kr/p/2rByidu 🔭🧪 Credit: NASA/ESA/CSA/STScI/Andrea Luck CC BY Proposal PI: Varun Bajaj Proposal ID: 8975 Filters: F150W2-F162M, F410M

Image of Uranus taken by the James Webb Space Telescope, showing a whitish north polar region, vivid blue-greenish atmosphere and a few whitish elongated storms visible around the pole. The planet is surrounded by clearly defined ring system set against the black background of space.

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Dakota Smith @weatherdak.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

Alrighty, ready to see something really cool? (and maybe a little nauseating) The evolution of Hurricane Melissa's mesovortices at peak strength.

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Andrea Luck @andrealuck.bsky.social · 01/11/2025

1/3 You might’ve seen last week’s newly released JWST data of Planetary Nebula NGC2440, here’s my take on it 😵 Full size 4K image and more info in this thread 🧵 🔭🧪 Credit: NASA/ESA/CSA/STScI/j. Roger/Andrea Luck CC BY

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Landru79 @landru79.bsky.social · 03/11/2025

CASSINI #SATURN MISSION Planet: #Saturn Start time: 2013-05-08 Instr.: #UVIS Activity name: AURSTARE t.me/landru79/838 NASA/JPL/j. ROGER

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Ted Stryk @tedstryk.bsky.social · 01/11/2025

Another closeup of Saturn from Voyager 2 on August 21, 1981. This one shows a closer view of one of an eddy.

A large eddy can be seen to the upper right.

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Melina Thévenot🏳️‍⚧️ @melina-iras07572.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

Planet #Uranus 🪐 and inner moons with #JWST NIRCam 🔭 #planetsci Observation from this Monday (lol moon🌕day). Filters: F150W2; F162M Date: 2025-10-06 between 02:15:43 UT and 04:46:47 UT Program: www.stsci.edu/jwst-program...

Uranus with rings and small elongated dots (tracks) around it.

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Gordan Ugarković @ugordan.bsky.social · 20/09/2025

A distant shot of Saturn's system while Cassini was still was on its way. This was taken after they had resolved the condensation residue issue on the ISSNA optics by heating it, and still almost 2 years before Saturn arrival. Magnified 2x from original pixel scale. Taken on 2002-10-21 14:43 UTC

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